Английская Википедия:2024 NHL Winter Classic

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox ice hockey game The 2024 NHL Winter Classic is an upcoming outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the Winter Classic series. The game is scheduled for January 1, 2024, with the Seattle Kraken hosting the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Park, in a battle between the league's two most recent expansion teams.

Background

The league announced the game on January 2, 2023, before the start of the previous season's Winter Classic. This will be the first Winter Classic held in the Pacific Time Zone, as well as Seattle's first outdoor game. Vegas previously appeared in the 2021 NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe.

This will also be the first Winter Classic to take place in a stadium with a retractable roof. Due to Seattle's rainy climate that may affect ice conditions, organizers planned on closing T-Mobile Park's retractable roof in case of heavy rainfall. This could result in the first "indoor" Winter Classic, and the first such game since the 2014 Heritage Classic at BC Place in Vancouver.

The rink will be surrounded by decorations in a nautical theme that reflects local heritage and the Kraken mythos; topographic designs will be laid on the surface and the walkway between the rink and dugouts will resemble docks and piers. A boathouse will be used as a broadcast studio. Construction of the rink began in December using a temporary ice plant to pump up to Шаблон:Convert of glycol to create the rink surface. A two-day fan festival will be held on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day in the north parking lot of Lumen Field, located adjacent to T-Mobile Park. The event is planned to include a mobile hockey museum with a display of the Stanley Cup.

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The American national anthem will be performed by 13-year-old guitarist Nikhil Bagga. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot will perform during the player introductions while Seattle-based rock band Heart will perform during the first intermission.